Innovation

Logistics Startup of the Month: xChange

Every month we select one logistics startup which represents a positive example of innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain and has the potential to alter the way the industry operates. This month, Transmetrics selected xChange, the neutral online platform for one-way container moves, as the October “Logistics Startup of the Month” for its remarkable contribution to the improvement of empty container movement.

In order to learn more about xChange and what they do, we talked with Christian Roeloffs, Managing Director and Co-Founder of xChange, about their business and how to improve the logistics of empty containers.

There’s little debate that global E-commerce giant Amazon has shifted the perception of what is possible in logistics. Just look at the numbers: they are the world’s second-biggest company, shipping to 310 million active customers every year and hit an estimated valuation of $1 trillion this month – only the second ever company to reach

Amazon has long threatened traditional logistics companies with its advanced predictive analytics capabilities, sometimes even shipping products before customers place their orders. And now, legacy logistics companies are fighting to catch up. UPS, for example, is in the process of implementing a new predictive analytics tool that analyzes over one billion data points daily to

Welcome to the August 2018 issue of “Across Logistics” Innovation News Release, where we are presenting you the latest innovative technologies and important news in logistics that happened over the past month. Here is the list of topics in this issue: Uber Closes Down Its Self-Driving Trucks Division Marlink Announces Tech Startup Partnerships with We4Sea

The logistics startup scene has never been so robust and forward-looking as it is at the moment. These companies are bringing the fresh innovative spirit to the industry and solving the most complex problems by using the latest technology. A prominent example of such startup is FreightHub, a company based in Berlin and Hamburg and

Every month we select one logistics startup which represents a positive example of innovation in logistics and has the potential to alter the way the industry operates. This month, Transmetrics selected MOST, the provider of monitoring solutions for the transportation of goods, as the July “Logistics Startup of the Month” for its outstanding vision of the

In our previous post, we discussed the history of blockchain and some of the benefits it has for the transportation and logistics industry. This is a continuation of the interview with a blockchain expert Martijn Siebrand, who talks more about the intersection of blockchain and logistics – more specifically, on how the technology is already

Since its first implementation with bitcoin back in 2008, blockchain has shown extreme promise to upend a number of industries – and most recently, the industry in the spotlight has been transport and logistics. In December, logistics leader UPS joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. In January, Maersk and IBM announced their intention to form

Welcome to the February 2018 issue of “Across Logistics” Innovation News Release, where we are presenting you the latest innovative technologies and important news in logistics that happened in February. Here is the list of topics in this issue: Amazon announces an end-to-end shipping solution Embark self-driving truck completes 3,860 km trip across the US

Nowadays, we often come across the news about small and large tech companies entering the logistics market with an idea to improve some parts of it through the latest technology, which pushes the current logistics players to keep innovating in order to stay competitive. Although many companies claim that they will disrupt the industry, which